Thelma E. Cunningham

A native of Muncie, Ind., she had been a Newport News resident for two years. She was an avid bingo player and enjoyed doing crossword puzzles and watching television.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lester and Vesta Kitson.

Survivors include her daughter, Angela Embry; two sons, James Eddie Lee Embry Jr. and Michael Embry and his wife, Maria; 10 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and special friends, Helen Reese of Georgia, Sunita Dowden of Newport News and Vora Faye Brown and Charlotte Vance, both of Muncie, Ind.

A funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, at Peninsula Funeral Home with visitation to follow until 8:30 p.m.